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What A Four-Hour Trek Reveals About Jharkhand’s Healthcare Access
Ranchi: Every tenth child in India is born without care or assistance from doctors, nurses, midwives or other healthcare...
TB Care Is Free, But 45% Patient Families Suffer ‘Catastrophic’ Expenses
New Delhi: About 45% of households with tuberculosis (TB) patients suffered catastrophic costs--defined here as...
Elimination by 2027? India’s Final Push Against Lymphatic Filariasis
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi: Santosh Kumar, 44, rides his bicycle slowly, his swollen leg dragging awkwardly...
How Women in UP Confront A Neglected Disease–And Stigma
Lucknow and Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh: The windowsill of Manorama’s porch is dotted with bottles of Odomos, kachua...
Why India Must Keep Covid-Era Oxygen Plants Running
Mount Abu, Rajasthan: In late September 2024, the high court of Chhattisgarh registered a suo motu public interest...
Why India Needs To Act Decisively On Microplastics
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh: They’re the size of a sand grain. At smaller than 5 millimetres (mm), microplastics enter us...
Goa’s 100% Molecular Testing Helps Early TB Detection
Goa: For more than two years now, Goa has been providing 100% upfront molecular testing for tuberculosis detection....
How Goa Is Fighting TB Among High-Risk Groups
Goa: Fifty-four-year old Suresh has been drinking alcohol since he was nine. He ran away from his house in Bengaluru and...
